2012-13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague license allocation criteria

The following criteria for the allocation of licences to participating teams for the 2012-13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague season were approved at the Euroleague Commercial Assets shareholders' meeting held on October 14, 2011. The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season will be played with 24 teams. One of them will be the winner of the eight-team Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds.

A LICENCE TEAMS

TEAM

COUNTRY

Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Turkey

Asseco Prokom Gdynia

Poland

Caja Laboral

Spain

CSKA Moscow

Russia

FC Barcelona Regal

Spain

Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul

Turkey

Lottomatica Roma*

Italy*

Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv

Israel

Montepaschi Siena

Italy

Olympiacos Piraeus

Greece

Panathinaikos Athens

Greece

Real Madrid

Spain

Unicaja

Spain

Zalgiris Kaunas

Lithuania

The A Licence club with the lower ranking, calculated by the performance of teams in European competitions during a three-year period, may lose its licence.

*The A Licence team with the lowest ranking at the end of the 2011-12 season is Lottomatica Roma.

The ECA Shareholders Executive Board may propose the following to the General Assembly for the substitution of the A Licence team:

Substitution by highest-ranked club without an A Licence. In all cases, the new club must fulfil all other requirements for obtaining an A Licence as established in the licensing rules;

or

Substitution of the place by a B Licence, whether temporarily or definitively;

or

Substitution of the place by a wild card, which will be granted to the club that the General Assembly considers appropriate at its own discretion and for the period that it deems necessary.

B LICENCE TEAMS

2012-13 EUROLEAGUE COUNTRY RANKING

#

COUNTRY / LEAGUE

POSITION

1

Spain

Champion (FC Barcelona Regal)

2

Russia

Champion (CSKA Moscow)

3

Greece

Champion (Olympiacos Piraeus)

4

Italy

Champion (Montepaschi Siena)

5

Turkey

Champion (Besiktas JK Milangaz)

6

France

Champion (Elan Chalon)

7

Germany

Champion (Brose Baskets)

8

Lithuania

Champion (Zalgiris Kaunas)

9

Adriatic League*

1st Serbia (Partizan m:ts Belgrade)

10

Adriatic League*

1st Croatia (Cedevita Zagreb)

11

Adriatic League*

1st Slovenia (Union Olimpija Ljubljana)

12

Spain

Runner-up (Real Madrid)

13

Russia

Runner-up (BC Khimki Moscow Region)

14

Greece

Runner-up (Panathinaikos Athens)

15

Italy

Runner-up (EA7 Emporio Armani Milan)

16

Lithuania

Runner-up (Lietuvos Rytas)

17

Turkey

Runner-up
(Anadolu Efes Istanbul)

18

France

Runner-up (Le Mans)

19

Germany

Runner-up (Ratiopharm Ulm)

20

Adriatic League

Next best team without B licence (Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv)

21

Belgium

Champion (Telenet BC Oostende)

22

Czech Republic

Champion (CEZ Basketball Nymburk)

23

Ukraine

Champion (BC Donetsk)

24

Israel

Champion (Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv)

25

Poland

Champion (Asseco Prokom Gdynia)

26

Bulgaria

Champion (PBC Lukoil Academic)

27

Netherlands

Champion (Eiffeltowers Den Bosch)

28

Latvia

Champion (VEF Riga)

* The Adriatic League teams (1 from Serbia, 1 from Slovenia and 1 from Croatia) are the ones with the best Adriatic League + National League + European competitions ranking.

All B Licences will be allocated according to the Euroleague Country Ranking.

When a country ranking spot has already been assigned to an A Licence team, the assignation will jump to the next country appearing in the ranking, until all spots are covered.

One B License is reserved for the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Round champion.

Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Round spots will also follow the country ranking.

As stated in the Euroleague Basketball Bylaws, Euroleague Basketball reserves the right to allocate wildcards in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Round.

In the case that the Eurocup champion also earns the right to participate in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague through the country ranking regarding its national league final standing (B Licence), the C Licence will automatically become a wildcard.

*All wildcards will be proposed by the Board and confirmed by the General Assembly.